Students Protest Fees and Cuts Across Britain

British students, building on protests that sent fifty thousand people into the streets of London two weeks ago, are staging demonstrations in dozens of cities today against government plans to slash funding for higher education and triple student fees.

Its been so long that apparently, you’ve changed the login name structure, and by the time I logged back in, had to create a new account. No worries.

Just wanted to point out two things:
California appears to have elected Dems as a majority(though I know nothing of the state legislature’s makeup), and curiously, I read reports of a light-rail going up. Nothing on education just yet, but at the very least, Californians got out and exercised their vote, so at least you’ll stop the bleeding of your education system. Now, you need to pay attention to the school boards and college boards(?) and hold their feet to the fire.

In any case, I originally came down hard on this blog, because I felt the weight was being put solely on protests, which are important, but not as much as voting. I’ll give you credit here, and say that I’m proud of this blog and Californians for doing what the rest of dumb America chose not to:
Participate and exercise their right to vote.

I’m curious, how many Brit kids, Irish kids, Italian kids, and any other kid in ‘austerity’ nations, actually voted in their most recent elections. It certainly would serve my message well if they didn’t vote, but, truth be told, I have no clue. If we assume there was a huge drop off in college voters, then please continue to watch what happens to their protests:

They fall on deaf ears. Again, this isn’t to say protesting is not useful, but maybe you could reach out to them, convince them that protesting is only the beginning? That if you don’t vote, that’s all you’ll usually be doing, is protesting…not making progress?

Good luck and much love to your blog. Can’t say that it’s the major reason for Dems holding on in Cali, but I like to think so.